Political notes and editorials on Hartranft and Pershing
The supplement urges voters in Warren County to study speeches on State Finances and the Democratic platform. It attacks Cyrus L. Pershing for supporting Pennsylvania’s anti colored migration law and calls Hartranft a proven leader. It notes an 1875 Women’s Temperance Union meeting in Williamsport and reports on miner riot trials in Clearfield. It also mentions Geo Barker’s renomination in New York and local political commentary.
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Warren County
Grow
Hartranft
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Pershing
Keystone
Cyrus L. Pershing
Wm. Penn
Japee Gillis
Elk County
Iowa
Congress
Hon
Chapin Hall
Wages under gold standard central to worker future
The text argues wages now align with the gold standard and urges resumption of specie payments. It contends paper money prices hurt workers buying power and claims resuming gold payments would force price cuts by capitalists, aiding labor. It also cites Bradford Reporter on Piollet’s farmer pledge and Laporte Powell clash.
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Temperance Blessing editor taunts Hartranft supporters in Philadelphia letter
In a Philadelphia letter to James Black, Mr. Duartes Heritace denounces a campaign as a flimsy cheat aimed at defeating Gen. Hartranft. The piece notes shifts in Democratic papers, praises Gov. Curtin, and cites a Scranton school fund embezzlement case as alleged reform. Also mentions Jape Gillis and Pershing in Dem circles.
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Temperance Blessing
Philadelphia
James Black
Harrisburg
Gen. Hartranft
Reform
F. A. Beamish
Scranton
Beamish
State Sportsmen Club Formed in Harrisburg Meeting
Deecates from several sportsmen's clubs in this state met at Harrisburg on the 5th instant to form a State Sportsmen's Club. With no general notice and a slim attendance the meeting was adjourned to November 18.
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Deecates
Harrisburg
Piollet Lauded as Demagogue and Political Time Server
A critical portrait of Victor E. Piollet, portraying him as a demagogue and opportunist aligned with the slave power. The piece recalls Wilmot’s rebuke, the 1843 Towanda meeting, and Piollet’s later acts in the Free Soil to Republican shifts, warning Pennsylvanians to distrust his fitness for public office and cautioning on state funds.
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United States Senate
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Magnificent W H Andrews Display at Cincinnati Exposition
The notice highlights W. H. Andrews at 76 78 W Fourth St with an eight by sixteen foot dry goods display valued at 25000 dollars. Contents include India shawls, laces, dresses and silk hosiery. The booth won gold for best display and silver for several dress categories.
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F. A. Estep
Westervelt Sentenced for Abduction Ties in Philadelphia Court
In Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Judge Elcock sentences Westervelt seven years in the eastern penitentiary with solitary confinement and a one dollar fine for involvement in the Charlie Ross abduction case. The piece notes a contrast with abundant bank loans at low rates and critiques Democratic calls to halt currency contraction. The author scorns Democratic press coverage of the President over a horse sale.
Revivalists Moopy and Sankey Readiness for Brooklyn Work
Moopy and Sankey propose to begin revival services in Brooklyn around November first if other preachers agree and a suitable room is obtained.
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Sankey
Brooklyn
Grant Speech at Des Moines Reunion Advocates Unity and Education
General Grant lauds shared sacrifice in the Army of Tennessee reunion at Des Moines Iowa. He urges defense of free institutions and nonpartisan patriotism while advocating common schools and separation of church and state. Sherman closes with a wish to print speeches for broad distribution.
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Self Stultification by Pennsylvania Democrats
A historical essay notes a sharp shift in Pennsylvania Democrats from advocating rapid return to specie payments and par notes a year ago to now urging delaying resumption and further inflation. The piece condemns this reversal as self-sultification and questions the party’s democratic fidelity and leadership.
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Lehigh Speaker Attacks Journalist After Erie Convention
William H. Sowden of Lehigh resorts to violence after a heated Erie Convention speech. Returning home he assaulted the Chronicle and News editor, knocking him down as onlookers intervened. Sowden, a large man, faced a weaker opponent in Iredell and the Lehigh campaign opens with fists.
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William H. Sowden
Lehigh
Erie
Allentown
Chronicle and News
Sowden
Iredell
Lehigh County
Pershing’s Judicial Political Breach Sparks Debate
The Pittsburg Commercial argues Pershing set a harmful precedent by a judge seeking state office, a break with Pennsylvania’s tradition of an apolitical judiciary. An amused Norristown Democrat left church, misreading a minister’s sermon as a rebuke of the Democratic candidate for State Treasurer.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Norristown
Pilate
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